Barnard College Student Bulletin Summary
Published semi weekly during the college year by Barnard College students in the interest of the Undergraduate Association.
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Newspaper
Barnard Bulletin
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1931
Page
1
Published semi weekly during the college year by Barnard College students in the interest of the Undergraduate Association.
Editorial staff and club roles listed with names and class years for Helen Block Irene Wolford Janet Modry Anna Jacobson Elizabeth Polyzoides Bernice Guggenheim Marge LeVine Rita Guttman Suzanne Strait Hortense Calisher Emma Manfrede Nannette Kolbitz Elizabeth Bullowa Jetty Geldstein Madeleine Stern Lorraine Smith Olga Maurer arjorie Brittingham Lorraine Popper Marianne Neighbor Catherine Strateman Juliet Blume Virginia Rechnitzer Advertising staff Jean Ehlerleff Geraldine Marcus Margaret Altshul Syia Simon circulation staff
Editorial critiques Times front page coverage of a Mecca meeting and Norman Thomas speech. It notes terse quotation on war likelihood, compares coverage to Houghton Smith Butler, and cites an enthusiastic audience of about two thousand reacting to Thomas.
One hundred spectators watched Ethel McGarry, Assistant Director of Life Saving for the American Red Cross and 1928 Olympic team member, perform swimming and diving demonstrations off Friday at four thirty. Frances Meany and Janice Lifson gave superb dives and strokes, while Meany holds the national ten foot board diving title and Lifson claims New Jersey records. Lifson, only thirteen, also holds the national title for the one hundred metre stretch.
Review notes Barrymore’s performance as Lady Teazle misses eighteenth century satire for modern audience.-Barrymore’s style is subtle but too contemporary. rest of cast leans caricature. The article praises some scenes, costumes, and wry wit, while noting modern viewers find the period trappings distracting.
Dorothy Kramm writes that Barnard College students have contributed less than half of the drive’s minimum goal during the first two weeks. She notes widespread publicity and national congratulations, urges the student body to increase giving, and warns of possible failure if contributions do not rise in the next two weeks. Three cents a day is requested from each reader.
The Saint Louis Art scene features Bonnie MacLeary's Moonflower with infinite grace and restrained power, The Quiet Hour and The Laughing Frog offer fantasy, Golden Serpent shows lyrical miniature form, Valerie Walter presents Baby gorilla studies, and Seven Weeks probes very young life.
Jan Smeterlin began his Carnegie Hall program November 6 with Mozart Sonata No 6 in F major showing clarity and sparkle though critics note such early works may sound salon music in large venues. The Friends of Music paid tribute November 8 to founder Harriet Bishop Lanier with Bach cantatas Actus tragicus and Magnificat performed by Ethyl Hayden and Hans Clemens. Lawrence Gilman urged the Society to persevere despite the loss of its champion, deeming it essential for cultural growth.
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